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A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#his #man #many #master #masters

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#finds #good #himself #ill #man

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile? ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#cost #does #giving #hardest #live

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#makes #outwardly #politeness #should #within

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#crimes #less #men #than #their

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#friends #give #him #his #less

Under each formula lies a corpse. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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We are fortunate to have some of the greatest and best teachers in the world, but we want to make sure that those few that try to sneak through the system are caught in advance. ↗

— Jon Porter

#best #caught #few #fortunate #greatest

Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard. ↗

— William Jennings Bryant

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